11:27 PM,
Jul. 1, 2013

Free kids movies at Family Video, seen Friday, are one of many deals the store offers to attract customers.

Written by

Mitchell Schmidt
| Iowa City Press-Citizen

As a manager of several video rental stores, Oliver Owen constantly is asked how he stays in business.

"We get that question a lot, 'How the heck are you guys actually surviving and thriving?'" said Owen, a district manager with Family Video.

The question isn't necessarily a jab at Family Video, Owen said, but more a curiosity about how the video rental business is able to survive in a world ripe with the online offerings of Video on Demand, streaming video choices such as Netflix and the plethora of Redbox video vending machines that have sprouted up in almost every town. ...